Man Fatally Shoots Himself While Posing With Gun For Facebook Selfie

A Los Angeles Police Department officer inspects a handgun during a gun buyback program organized by Mayor Eric Garcetti's Gang Reduction and Youth Development Office in Los Angeles, California, December 14, 2013. Participants surrendered their assault weapons, handguns and other firearms with no questions asked, receiving up to $200 in Ralphs grocery cards. Handguns, rifles and shotguns can be exchanged for up to $100 and assault rifles up to $200. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY CRIME LAW) - RTX16IGN

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A Mexican man’s selfie turned fatal last week after the gun he was posing with for a Facebook photo accidentally went off.

Aguilar was reportedly taking another such photograph with a borrowed gun went it accidentally went off, fatally wounding him. According to local police, Aguilar was ‘waving’ the gun around and pointing it at his head, all the while unaware that it was loaded.

“I heard a gunshot, and then I heard somebody screaming and realized somebody had been hurt,” neighbor Manfredo Paez Paez told reporters. “I called the police and when they arrived they found that he was still alive.”

Aguilar was truing to snap a photo of himself holding the gun near his head when it discharged. The veterinarian wasn’t killed instantly, and died in an ambulance en route to a local hospital.

Private ownership of firearms is illegal in Mexico, according to the report.